Shanti Elangovan, cofounder, CEO of inquirED. INQUIRED Shanti Elangovan is all-in on inquiry education. So much so that she even named her education company InquirED. For the unfamiliar, inquiry education, or inquiry-based learning, is a teaching…
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A couple of weeks ago, Anubhav Sinha released the trailer for Thappad. It highlighted the importance of the boundaries of love. It also showed the extent to which women are forced to endure domestic violence because OMG log…
The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP’s) campaign for the forthcoming Delhi election has focused on its delivery of services in the past five years, especially on improvements in school infrastructure and examination scores. AAP has consistently…
A school under the Saksham Haryana programme | Source: Samagra The biggest problem in school education in India for a decade now is whether universal access to elementary education after Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan in 2000 ensured the delivery of quality education as well….
If 2018 was the year that teachers walked out, scientists and teachers ran for office in unprecedented numbers, and the news was filled with a steady stream of reports on the value of a STEM…
The NSO survey shows that only 10.6% of the Indian population aged above 15 years has successfully completed a graduate degree.(Gurminder Singh/HT File Photo ) Before last Sunday’s attack in Jawaharlal Nehru University, the students’ union was…
The research is unequivocal: students do better in smaller classes. People learn better from other people with whom they have a relationship. Classes designed with students in mind will be small, no more than ten or fifteen…
It was another year when balance sheets were as much a part of education as books. Throughout 2019 there were several high-profile warnings about stretched budgets in schools. In July, the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee…
Four out of 10 recent college grads in 2019 are in jobs that didn’t require their college degree. Student loan debt is at an all-time high, as it has climbed to more than $1.5 trillion this year. Meanwhile,…
Education technology or edtech offers unique opportunities for student development. The roots of edtech in whiteboards, projectors and tablets have given rise to popular learning platforms. Now, students can access on-demand courses, and learn whatever…